CS Magoha Releases KCSE 2019 Results, as Kenya High Tops Nationally

The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education KCSE results have been released by the Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha, and Buluma Wambuku of Kapsabet Boys is the top Candidate.

Kenya High School has also emerged as the best School nationally in the overall performance.

In the results, Pangani girls had no candidate in the top 10 list of best candidates nationally despite having done so in the last 2 years.

Prof Magoha thanked the President for availing the resources to facilitate the entire 2019 examinations exercise.


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“We should appreciate our students, as they have performed better than last year,” Said the CS.

Prof Magoha further added, “Our teachers are now preparing our candidates better.”

Last year in the 2018 KCSE national results Juliet Otieno of Pangani Girls High School emerged the best Candidate with an A grade of 87.664.

Pangani Girls did also produce the 2017 KCSE best Candidate Kirimi Naomi Kawira.

In 2019, Chemistry, Biology, English, Kiswahili improved significantly.

A total of 699,745 students sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education KCSE 2019.

2019 KCSE Top Candidates and Schools Nationally

KCSE 2019 Top 10 Students Nationally

The following is the list of top 10 Students in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education KCSE 2019.

  1. Buluma Wambuku, Kapsabet Boys
  2. Barasa Miriam Njeri, Kenya High School
  3. Aboge David Odhiambo, Kapsabet Boys
  4. Antony Ochieng, Maseno School
  5. Maruri Natasha, Kenya High School
  6. Kizito Ezra Sikuta, Kabarak High School
  7. Longani Chemangach, Alliance Girls high School
  8. Ndadhi Hellen Njoki, Kenya High School
  9. Siele Chelang’at, Moi Forces Academy Lanet
  10. Laura Chelanga’t Ruth, 

KCSE 2019 Top 10 Schools Nationally

The following are the top10 Schools in the 2019 KCSE Performance.

  1. Kenya High School, 76 A’s
  2. Kapsabet Boys High School 49 A’s
  3. Alliance Boys High School 48 A’s
  4. Moi High School 30 A’s
  5. Alliance Girls High School 28 A’s
  6. Mary Hill 25 A’s
  7. Maseno School 23 A’s
  8. Nairobi School 23 A’s
  9. Mangu High School 23 A’s
  10. Moi Girls High School Eldoret 21 A’s

The 2019 KCSE results were released today at the Kenya National Examinations Council KNEC headquarters in Nairobi, as witnessed by plenty of foreign and local guests.

Among the foreign guests were Examinations Boards representatives from 5 countries, among them Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi.

National Heroes in 2019 KCSE Results who Scored Low KCPE Marks

The following students scored less than 200 marks in KCPE but performed excellently well.

  1. Kinywa Milka 
  2. Munyoki Mwikali
  3. Sharon Chepkoech
  4. Mbugua Muchai
  5. Joseph Mwenda

TSC Says No Teacher Was Involved in KCSE 2019 Malpractice

TSC CEO Dr Nancy Macharia said in her speech that the Commission has no data of any teacher involved in examination malpractice.

However, she said as a commission they will act on any report from KNEC if there will be a teacher involved.


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2019 KCSE Grade Distribution Summary

The breakdown of performance in terms of grades for the KCSE 2019 Candidates is a follows:

627 – A

5,796 – A-

13,366 –  B+

24,478 – B

35,340 – B-

46,139 – C+

63,102 – C

83,358 – C-

101,687 – D+

137,713 – D

152,339 – D-

29,318 –  E

Summary Grades Comparison for KCSE 2019, KCSE 2018, KCSE 2017, and KCSE 2016 Candidates

Grade

2019 KCSE

2018 KCSE

2017 KCSE

2016 KCSE
A (plain)
627

315

142

141

A- (minus)
5,796

3,417

2,714

4,645

B+ (plus)
13,366

8,268

7,344

10,975

B  (plain)
24,478

16,403

12,628

17,261

B- (minus)
35,340

26,156

19,385

23,745

C+ (plus)
46,139

35,818

27,860

32,207

C (plain)
63,102

47,942

40,474

44,792

C- (minus)
83,358

69,657

61,040

61,026

D+ (plus)
101,687
96,448
88,447
80,952
D (plain)
137,713
150,067
135,550
112,135
D- (minus)
152,339
168,496
179,381
149,929
E
29,318
31,886
35,536
33,399
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Top 5 Candidates in Last year KCSE 2018 Nationally

1. Juliet Otieno – Pangani Girls

2. James Kanuna – Maseno School

3. Edwin Otieno Ouko – Light Academy

4. Ian Duncan Mwangi – Moi High School Kabarak

5. Humphrey Rasugu – Maseno School.


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699,745 Candidates Sat the 2019 KCSE Exams

A total of  699,745 Candidates sat this year’s 2019 KCSE examinations an increase from 661,114 who sat the same examinations in 2018.

In 2017, those who wrote the KCSE examinations were  611,952 candidates according to the KNEC’s report.

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